Car-seat.



No. 658,950. Patented Oct. 2, I900. P. M. KLING.

CAR SEAT.

(Application fl led Mar. 30, 1900.

(No Model.)

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PETER M. KLING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

. CARI-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,950, dated October 2, 1900. Application filed March 30, 1900. Serial No. 10,733. (No model.)

To atZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER M. KLING, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a reversible carseat, the construction being such that the back can be changed from one side to the other of the seat by swinging it around the seat in the arc of a circle in a horizontal or su bstantially-horizontal plane, which provides for the use of a simple, inexpensive, and reliable mechanism by which the reversing operation is accomplished.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully describe'd, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my improved seat. Fig. II is an end view. Fig. III is an enlarged detail vertical section taken on line III III, Fig. II. Fig. IV is a detail View showing part of the inside of the frame of the seat and one of the oscillatory blocks. This view may be said to be a section taken on line IV IV, Fig. III. Fig. V is a perspective View of one of the blocksremoved. Fig. VI is a detail end View illustrating a modification of my preferred form of construction. Fig. VII is a section taken on the line VII VII, Fig. VI.

1 represents the frame, and 2 the cushion, of the seat, both of which may be of any ordinary form, shape, or construction.

3 represents the back. The back is supported on arms 4, with which it has a pivotal connection, which, as shown in Fig. II, consists of pins 4: on the arms, that fit loosely in holes or sockets formed in the back.

At each end of the seat is an oscillatory or rocking block 5, fitting in wedge-shaped openings 5 formed in the ends of the seat-frame and provided with end flanges 6, by which they are held in the openings, while being permitted to rock or oscillate therein, so that the back can be raised slightly before swinging it around the seat in the arc of a circle to reverse it, this raising of the back being necessary to permit it and the inner arm to swing clear of the cushion.

The arms 4 have pins 7, that fit loosely in openings formed in the blocks 5. The lower ends of the pins maybe provided with nuts 8 to keep the pins from being raised out of the blocks. The inner arm is located slightly higher than the outer arm, as shown, so that it will swing clear of the cushion when the back is slightly raised, as explained; but both arms when the back is at rest fit down alongside of the ends of the seat, so that the back cannot move endwise when in using position, at which time the blocks 5 arrest its vertical or downward movement.

To reverse the back, it is raised slightly, as stated, this movement being permitted by the blocks 5 rocking in the openings 5*, and it is then swung around in a horizontal plane, as shown'by dotted lines, and when't-urned to the other side of the cushion it is let down (this movement being but very slight) until the blocks rest againstthe other sides of the openings 5 from which they rested before the back was reversed.

The arrangement is very simple and effective in its operation and the back can be reversed with great case.

In Fig.-VI, I have shown a modification wherein the lower ends of the pins 7 fit in swiveled blocks 9 and their upper portions are provided with pinions 10, that mesh with segmental racks 11, secu red to or formed upon the ends of the seat.

I claim as my invention 1. In'a car-seat, a back, arms pivotally connected to the back, and means for pivotally connecting the arms to the 'frame of the seat whereby the back'can be reversed by swinging it around, the seat in the arc of a circle in a horizontal plane, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame, a .back, and arms connecting the frame to the back, whereby the back can be reversed by swinging it around the seat in the arc of a circle in a horizontal plane, substantially as frame, arms pivotally connected to said blocks, and a back pivotally connected to the openings or sockets in the back of the seat, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 6. In a car-seat, the combination of a frame, arms pivotally connected to the frame, and a back pivotally connected to the arms, whereby the back can 'be reversed by swinging it around the seat in an arc of a circle in a horizontal plane, one of said arms being located at a higher elevation than the other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PETER M. KLING.

In presence of' E. S. KNIGHT, M. P. SMITH. 

